Events from the year 1903 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown Monarch – Edward VII
Federal government Governor General – Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto Prime Minister – Wilfrid Laurier Chief Justice – Henri Elzéar Taschereau (Quebec) Parliament – 9th
Provincial governments
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia – Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick – Jabez Bunting Snowball Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia – Alfred Gilpin Jones Lieutenant Governor of Ontario – Oliver Mowat (until April 19) then William Mortimer Clark (from April 21) Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island – Peter Adolphus McIntyre Lieutenant Governor of Quebec – Louis-Amable Jetté
Premiers Premier of British Columbia – Edward Gawler Prior (until June 1) then Richard McBride Premier of Manitoba – Rodmond Roblin Premier of New Brunswick – Lemuel John Tweedie Premier of Nova Scotia – George Henry Murray Premier of Ontario – George William Ross Premier of Prince Edward Island – Arthur Peters Premier of Quebec – Simon-Napoléon Parent
Territorial governments
Commissioners Commissioner of Yukon – Zachary Taylor Wood (acting) (until March 4) then Frederick Tennyson Congdon
Lieutenant governors Lieutenant Governor of Keewatin – Daniel Hunter McMillan Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories – Amédée E. Forget
Premiers Premier of North-West Territories – Frederick Haultain
Events
March 22 – Because of a drought, the U.S. side of Niagara Falls runs short of water March 1 – Henri Bourassa's Ligue nationaliste is founded March 25 – The Alaska Boundary Dispute is settled in the United States' favour April 29 – The Frank Slide, The most destructive landslide in Canadian history, kills 70 in Frank, District of Alberta, North-West Territories June 1 – Richard McBride becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing Edward Prior June 19 – Regina, District of Assiniboia, North-West Territories, is incorporated as a city June 24 – Ignace Bourget Monument unveiled July 1 – Ray Knight builds the Raymond Stampede rodeo arena and rodeo grandstands in Raymond, District of Alberta, North-West Territories, which are the first ever built in the world. See also List of Canadian films
Births
January to June January 3 – Charles Foulkes, General, first Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff, negotiated the WWII Nazi surrender in the Netherlands (d.1969) February 15 – Sarto Fournier, politician and mayor of Montreal (d.1980) February 16 – Georges-Henri Lévesque, Dominican priest and sociologist (d.2000) February 22 – Morley Callaghan, novelist, short story writer, playwright, and television and radio personality (d.1990) February 25 – King Clancy, ice hockey player (d.1986) May 23 – Elsie Gibbons, politician, first women to be elected mayor of a municipality in Quebec (d.2003) June 10 – Alexander Wallace Matheson, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (d.1976) June 23 – Paul Martin Sr., politician (d.1992) June 30 – Donald Ferguson Brown, politician, barrister and lawyer
July to December July 16 – Carmen Lombardo, singer and composer (d.1971) July 30 Harold Ballard, owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs (d.1990) Alan Macnaughton, politician (d.1999) August 31 – Helen Battle, zoologist December 8 – Louis-Marie Régis, philosopher, theologian, scholar and member of the Dominican Order (d.1988)
Deaths
January 7 – Robert Atkinson Davis, businessman, politician and 4th Premier of Manitoba (b. 1841) July 2 – Oliver Mowat, politician, 3rd Premier of Ontario and 8th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario (b. 1820) April 30 – Emily Stowe, first female doctor to practice in Canada and women's rights and suffrage activist (b. 1831) May 6 – Samuel Bridgeland, politician (b. 1847) May 8 – David Mills, politician, author, poet and jurist (b. 1831) June 26 – Donald Farquharson, politician and Premier of Prince Edward Island (b. 1834) November 12 – William Doran, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario (b. 1834) November 14 – John Andrew Davidson, politician (b. 1852)
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